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Smartphone Technology to Facilitate Remote Postural Balance Assessment in Acute Concussion Management: Pilot Study

Sensors
Impaired balance is a key symptom following acute concussion. Unfortunately, the recommended clinical balance assessment lacks sensitivity and discriminative ability, relying on the experience of the clinician for interpretation.
Oren Tirosh, Jaymee Klonis, Megan Hamilton, John Olver, Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Dean Mckenzie, Doa El-Ansary, Gavin Williams   +7 more
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Disrupted White Matter Microstructure of the Cerebellar Peduncles in Scholastic Athletes After Concussion. [PDF]

, 2019
Concussion, or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), is a major public health concern, linked with persistent post-concussive syndrome, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Ghajar, Jamshid, Mallott, Jacob M, Maruta, Jun, Mukherjee, Pratik, Palacios, Eva M   +4 more
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Clinicopathological evaluation of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in players of American football [PDF]

, 2017
IMPORTANCE: Players of American football may be at increased risk of long-term neurological conditions, particularly chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
Abdolmohammadi, Bobak, Alosco, Michael L., Alvarez, Victor E., Baugh, Christine M., Cantu, Robert C., Chaisson, Christine E., Cormier, Kerry A., Daneshvar, Daniel H., Goldstein, Lee E., Huber, Bertrand R., Katz, Douglas I., Kiernan, Patrick T., Kowall, Neil W., Kubilus, Caroline A., Martin, Brett M., McClean, Michael D., McHale, Lisa, McKee, Ann C., Mez, Jesse, Montenigro, Phillip H., Murphy, Lauren, Nowinski, Christopher J., Solomon, Todd M., Stein, Thor D., Stern, Robert A., Tripodis, Yorghos, Weuve, Jennifer   +26 more
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Concussion [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2013
Laura, Purcell, Jamie, Kissick, John, Rizos   +2 more
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Concussion knowledge and attitude of English youth rugby players: the RUCKAS-YOUTH survey

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
Objective This cross-sectional study describes the concussion knowledge and attitudes of male and female 14–18 year-old school rugby union players in England.Methods Data from 515 (male 421, female 94) players from 19 schools were collected via the ...
Simon P T Kemp, Keith Stokes, Nicola Brown, David Silver, Rachel Faull-Brown, Russell McClusky, Stephen Patterson   +6 more
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The effects of level and duration of play on cognition, mood and behavior among former football players [PDF]

, 2013
Thesis (M.A.)--Boston UniversityInterest in the short and long-term effects of concussions has drastically increased due to the recent high-profile deaths of former National Football League (NFL) players.
Bourlas, Alexandra P.
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Links between traumatic brain injury and ballistic pressure waves originating in the thoracic cavity and extremities

, 2008
Identifying patients at risk of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is important because research suggests prophylactic treatments to reduce risk of long-term sequelae.
Alexander MP, Amy Courtney, Bruton C, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Cernak I, Cernak I, Courtney M, Courtney M, Herrmann M, Krave U, Kushner DS, Kushner DS, Lowenstein DH, Margerison JH, Mayorga MA, Michael Courtney, Newgard K, Scott SG, Shaw NA, Stalnacke BM, Suneson A, Suneson A, Suneson A, Thompson HJ, Toth Z, Treib J, Trudeau DL, Vanderploeg RD, Vink R, Wang Q   +29 more
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Association between 5-Year clinical outcome in patients with nonmedically evacuated mild blast traumatic brain injury and clinical measures collected within 7 days postinjury in combat [PDF]

, 2019
Importance: Although previous work has examined clinical outcomes in combat-deployed veterans, questions remain regarding how symptoms evolve or resolve following mild blast traumatic brain injury (TBI) treated in theater and their association with long ...
Barber, Jason, Dikmen, Sureyya, Fann, Jesse R, Johnson, Ann M, Mac Donald, Christine L, Patterson, Jana, Temkin, Nancy   +6 more
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An athletic approach to studying perception-action integration: Does sport-specific training, and the impact of injury, influence how individuals visually guide navigation? [PDF]

, 2015
The objective of this thesis was to investigate perception-action integration capabilities of individuals during a choice navigation task. This task assessed navigation strategies in open space while individuals avoided colliding with two vertical ...
Baker, Carmen, Campos, Jennifer, Ph.D, Cinelli, Michael E, Ph.D.   +2 more
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Headgear mandates in high school girls’ lacrosse: investigating differences in impact rates and game play behaviors

Annals of Medicine
Background/objective Headgear designed to protect girls’ lacrosse athletes is widely available and permitted for voluntary use; however, it remains unknown how policies mandating headgear use may change the sport and, particularly regarding impacts ...
Shane V. Caswell, Patricia M. Kelshaw, Samantha L. Hacherl, Andrew E. Lincoln, Daniel C. Herman   +4 more
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